board of education." here's bra what brown said. everyone thinks brown in 1954 said plessy is overruled. it didn't. it said "you know, plessy, that was a transportation case, this is an education case." and that looked like a ridiculous distinction, a little like saying "eight states have to recognize gay marriage because they have civil unions, but not the rest. the states that are better toward gays have to go all the way." that looks weird from a certain perspective because it's transitional. but when you understand it's ultimately transitional to a world in which everyone will be recognized in gay marriage and the same with brown was ultimately transitional. ultimately "brown" came to stand for not just in education you couldn't have segregation, but you can't have segregation anywhere. so brown was 1954 so 13 years for its logic to extend to its full extent which is equality everywhere on beaches, in buses, in golf clubs and within marriage and so, too, even if we don't get full equality this year i think we are on track for ev